Shrewsbury Folk Festival, as part of its All Together Now project, have commissioned folk musician John Kirkpatrick to create a unique archive of traditional music from Shropshire, the first ever collection of music that has its origins in the county.
The Rachel Hamer Band will record their debut album with the support of a songwriter’s bursary created in memory of the late Middlesbrough songwriter Graeme Miles. They will also perform alongside The Unthanks, The Wilsons, The Young’uns and more, at a special tribute show to Graeme.
Our Song of the Day comes from Vesevo, a band who have taken the oral, musical and dance traditions of southern Italy and guided them, majestically, down a new path that leads to the thriving heart of Naples.
Nothing like a good folk song about love and death for a Friday…Barbara Allen, performed courtesy of fellow south-west resident James Findlay. Check his gig dates, we highly recommend you make every effort catch one or two!
We have a beautiful song premiere and free download from Brazialian born Eric Taylor Escudero with The Uncountable Colours of The Sky. Joined by Ana Luísa Ramos on backing vocals, the joint-effect is both haunting and otherworldly, creating moments that intertwine and compliment his poetic lyrics.
Our Song of the Day comes from Kelly Oliver with Lay Our Heavy Heads, a track taken from her new album Bedlam which is released March 6th via Folkstock Records.
Bob Harris announces his own festival – Under The Apple Tree Roots Festival. Check our video preview and find out about the line-up of artists, many of whom have featured on Folk Radio UK.
We have a unique offering today courtesy of Irish singer-songwriter Colin Dempsey who talks about Storytelling and how it helped him with his Songwriting. Plus we have an excellent song premiere from Supersmall feat. Colin and Israeli drummer Daniela Schiller.
Our Tune of the Day comes from our Artist of the Month for January: Jamie Smith’s Mabon. Croeso Ioan features on their latest release The Space Between. Watch them performing it live at the studios of Welsh TV show ‘HENO’.
Irish band Jiggy dedicate their latest tune to Skellig, the beautiful remote islands off the south west coast of Ireland which also featured in the final scene of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Our Song of the Day is a live recording of the Trembling Bells performing ‘The Singing Blood’ at Celtic Connections. Don’t miss Stevie Jones, Alex Neilson, Alasdair Roberts with special guest Richard Youngs this Saturday at The Poetry Club in Glasgow.
Acoustic roots duo Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston are back with a new album – The Watchmaker’s Wife. Watch the first in a series of video premieres to promote the album and make sure you catch them on their extensive tour!
